Online exhibition launch 'take us as we are' and Roundtable: Polyphony and Poiesis 07 April 2022.

Recordings of the Online exhibition launch 'take us as we are' and Roundtable: Polyphony and Poiesis, 07 April 2022.    • Online exhibition launch 'take us as we ar...   Artists, academics and heritage practitioners came together to launch an exciting online exhibition 'take us as we are' involving Indian and South Asian diasporic artists that was hosted by SOAS South Asia Institute. Based on the exhibition, 'all canaries bear watching', at SAA-JNU in New Delhi, the online exhibition 'take us as we are' expands its remit to include both India-based and UK-based artists. Navtej Purewal (SOAS) welcomed followed by an introductory talk by Anand Chhabra (Black Country Visual Arts). The launch of the online gallery talk by Sanjukta Ghosh (SOAS South Asia Institute) featured films and music curated in Our Vision | GRIDHERITAGE. The Roundtable Polyphony and Poiesis chaired by Parul Dave-Mukherji was joined by Premjish Achari (curator and art critic JNU), Chandan Mahal (British Library), Lata Desai (Subrang Arts), Debojyoti Das (SOAS), Bisakha Sarker (Chaturangan), Amina Khayyam (AKDC kathak exponent), Janine Shroff (designer and illustrator) and Meenatchi Gopal (Kalaimaiyam UK). The event was also marked by reflections and commemoration. Please spare a few minutes to complete the survey link. https://forms.gle/gkfoP5XwwFpTcG2G9 Exhibition curated by Premjish Achari, Parul Dave-Mukherji, Sourav Roy, Raminder Kaur, Navtej Purewal and Sanjukta Ghosh (2022). GRID Heritage is organised by Raminder Kaur (University of Sussex), Parul Dave Mukherji (JNU, India) and Navtej Purewal (SOAS) and is supported by Arts and Humanities Research Council, Indian Council for Historical Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Sussex Asia Centre, SOAS South Asia Institute and Jena Declaration